Tags Sep 1 • iPhone 11, Apple Watch 5 and more: The final rumors • 0 Aug 31 • Your phone screen is gross. Here’s how to clean it Aug 31 • iPhone XR vs. iPhone 8 Plus: Which iPhone should you buy? The end of the year is near, even if the news cycle doesn’t seem to have noticed. GoFundMe returned more than $400,000 after learning one of the site’s campaigns was a scam. Fortnite, the shoot-’em-up video game, is reportedly set to turn a cool $3 billion in profit this year. And Silicon Valley billionaire Reid Hoffman apologized for unwittingly funding an Alabama disinformation campaign. If you missed any of the action, now’s your chance to catch up. And don’t worry… there’ll be plenty more in 2019. You thought the net neutrality fight was over? Think againTime’s run out to restore the rules using a legislative loophole. The fight, however, is far from over. Sarah Tew/CNET From NASA to SpaceX, 2018 was a great year for space news The launch of the Falcon Heavy rocket headlined a year of marvelous space milestones. Virgin Galactic Here’s why Cher’s was the must-follow Twitter account of the yearThe global superstar is the antithesis of all the wrong types of tweeters. Samir Hussein/Getty Images From iPhone XR to Galaxy S9, we just had the best year for phones ever Phones were fast, powerful and brimming with exciting features. The 2019 crop will likely be better. Angela Lang/CNET Facebook Watch may have been the best part of the social network’s bad year But it wasn’t that great. Jessica Miglio Google employees found voice in protest this yearYou’ll likely hear more. James Martin/CNET Google Home’s 2018 in reviewOwning the smart home. Chris Monroe/CNET Fighting fake news on social media is going to get harderThe shift to messaging and ephemeral content will prove challenging. Joel Saget / AFP/Getty Images The best cars we drove in 2018You’ll want to drive ’em all. Steven Ewing/Roadshow ‘Hello, humans’: Google’s Duplex could make Assistant the most lifelike AI yet. Infowars and Silicon Valley: Everything you need to know about the tech industry’s free speech debate. Aug 31 • Best places to sell your used electronics in 2019 Share your voice NASA Facebook Google Instagram Porsche Snapchat SpaceX Tesla Twitter Volkswagen Apple WhatsApp See All Apple reading • 9 great reads from CNET this week Tech Industry Post a commentread more

Share Listen X Gail DelaughterRepresentatives of local entities gather in Houston TranStar’s operations hub during severe weather and major events.Harris County and the City of Houston will activate their emergency operations centers to the “increased readiness” level to monitor the severe weather expected in our area later Friday.Harris County officials expect two to four inches of widespread rain and isolated totals of up to eight inches.The potential severe weather comes at the worst time because of the saturated grounds due to last week’s floods.“What we know for sure is that roadways are gonna be severely impacted wherever we get any consistent rain or any high levels of rain and so that’s a big concern right now,” says Francisco Sanchez, spokesman for Harris County’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management.Harris County officials encourage residents to sign up for weather alerts at Ready Harris.org.The City of Houston is taking precautionary measures and will try to clean-up the accumulated debris more quickly to protect the drainage systems.City personnel are pre-deploying street barricades at 38 locations known to experience high water due to heavy rain.Additionally, the Houston Fire Department is pre-staging high-water rescue vehicles, evacuation and rescue boats throughout the city. To embed this piece of audio in your site, please use this code: 00:00 /01:00read more